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We provided psychological first aid after the Las Vegas shooting – here's what we learned

  • Written by Michelle Paul, Associate Faculty-in-Residence in Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Evacuees arrive at the UNLV Thomas & Mack Center after a gunman opened fire Oct. 1, 2017 in Las Vegas.Al Powers/AP

Editors’ note: In the aftermath of the Oct. 1, 2017 shooting massacre that claimed the lives of 58 people, several psychology and counseling scholars at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas sprang into action to offer trauma...

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